About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0516
  • TitleAmerica's sweet tot
  • SummaryBoy standing in crib to reach for chocolates offered by girl standing next to him. Caption: "America's sweet tot: That's the title hung on Barry, 3, at the Infants Home of Brooklyn [1358 56th St.] in observance of Sweetest Day. Here he makes a selection of a sweet offered by his friend, Linda. Gifts were distributed at the home -- and other orphanages -- by the Sweetest Day Committee."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Oct. 20, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectOrphans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York ; Chocolate candy
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Social Welfare: Orphanages: Infants Home of Brooklyn: Children